''Utricularia'' subg. ''Polypompholyx'' is a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
in the genus ''
Utricularia''. ''Polypompholyx'' is supported as the sister group to the clade of subgenera Utricularia and ''Bivalvaria''.
[Silva S.R., Gibson R., Adamec L., DomÃnguez Y., Miranda V.F.O.. (2018) Molecular phylogeny of bladderworts: A wide approach of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) species relationships based on six plastidial and nuclear DNA sequences, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 118, Pages 244-264, .] Within the genus ''Utricularia'', ''Polypompholyx's'' sections ''Polypompholyx'', ''Tridentaria'', and ''Pleiochasia'' are the most primitive due to their tricolporate pollen type.
See also
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List of ''Utricularia'' species
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Utricularia''
References
Utricularia
Plant subgenera
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